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Written during a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in the summer of 2005 for the Calgarian Move to Strike Percussion Group, this playful piece is based on the Martin Page novel of the same na...

Cookin' with Cheese pokes fun at poorly produced TV cooking shows. It starts with a video of a cooking show (as lame as possible, please) and is later interrupted by putting a mini-bag of popcorn in a...

This programmatic percussion piece is a musical depiction of an encounter between a woodpecker (woodblock) and a lumberjack (guiro). The piece opens by setting the peaceful ambiance of rain falling in...

Using some Latin percussion influence, A Little Spice is meant to be a fun percussion piece for any level of players. Not only do most of the parts get an opportunity to play short solos throughout th...

Simple is best. This ultra cool event for percussion ensemble is a soothing escape from life's complexities. Based on the blues, it has a few harmonic twists thrown in for good measure and... there fo...

Wanna have some fun? Of course you do! And there's plenty enough for all in this new adventure for young malleteers. A catchy tune, exotic harmonies and lilting rhythmic grooves will carry you across...

The piece was originally for bass voice and piano by Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi. The flowing melodic line works perfectly as a trombone and piano work. Contrasting sections of marcato and lega...

This famous Irish folk melody is the 'Groves of Blarney'. It has been performed by many vocal soloists from the United Kingdom and around the world. The solo voice could be played on either trombone o...

Canción del Pájaro for trumpet and piano is based on a traditional fandango---a lively Spanish or Portuguese couples dance in triple meter. This work is fun to perform, enjoyable to hear, and is ideal...

Written for flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet and organ, 'Wondrous Love' Fantasy Variations goes through seven contrasting sections based on the tune, including several cadenzas for the flugelhorn/piccolo tr...

Firedance is a dynamic and spirited piece for trumpet and piano set in ABA form. The A sections are in mixed metres with shifting 7/8 measures. The middle section is quite different in feel. Throughou...

Beside the Waters is a transcription, by the composer, of an original solo vocal work. The text for this piece describes water flowing in a stream, clouds floating past, time standing still, and human...

This work is based on the French poem Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur (It Rains in My Heart). As expected from the title, this work has a dark feeling to it. Slow and brooding, the piano sets the feel with t...

John Hartmann began arranging music for the village band at the age of ten. He played the violin, but his real love was the cornet. He was asked, by the Crystal Palace Company, to form a band in 1854....

This polka, by British born composer Alfred Warren, follows the standard form that was all the rage at the turn of the Century. A smooth lyrical Introduction leads into a short cadenza moving into the...

A Souvenir, or Remembrance, is a short piece intended to evoke a particular mood. Souvenir du Passe is a short, 'Lisztian' salon or 'parlor' piece and was written for Warren's friend, Matthew Arbuckle...

This is a great piece by talented composer Daniel Thrower for unaccompanied trumpet. The music for Expressions was composed during one week that the American Brass Quintet visited Rexburg, Idaho in 20...

These Ten Stinkin' Fun Performance Etudes were originally called Advanced Technical Etudes. How drab! How unapproachable and unperformable! Several of the etudes have humorous twists or profound subtl...

Away is a very sentimental piece, and very romantic. It was originally scored for trumpet and harp, but due to chromatic difficulties, it was changed to piano. The wandering harmonies and sweeping mot...

Intrada for solo trumpet is a piece that is suitable as a Prelude for a church service or an opening number for a solo recital. The accompaniment can be played on a piano or an organ. There is some gr...

The first movement, Lake, depicts a flat calm inland body of water where things are at peace. The second movement, Waterfalls, illustrates a river picking up speed through playful but lyrical melodies...

La Virgin de la Macarena is a traditional bullfighting song made famous by the great trumpet virtuoso Raphael Mendez. This version features a solo trumpet accompanied by 3 trumpets and 2 flugel horns...

Rag, Theme and Variations is a short fun tune for cornet and piano that is ideal at the end of a concert or as an encore. Presented here is a rag in its traditional, literal form that concludes and le...

This new work by Jeff Smallman is for unaccompanied trumpet. Set in 6 short movements of various moods, this piece demonstrates the colours at the disposal of a trumpet player. Accessible to high scho...

As the title suggests, this piece contains three dance-like movements that are very different in style. The fanfare figures are elegantly balanced against a smooth flowing line to create an interestin...